/energy?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Energy Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Tue, 12 Aug 2025 15:27:30 +0000 /energy/articles/2375331?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2375331 Recently released information about the National Conference of Bar Examiners’ new NextGen Uniform Bar Exam highlights why a single test is not ideal for measuring newly licensed lawyers’ competency, demonstrating the need for collaborative development, implementation and reform processes, says Gregory Bordelon at Suffolk University. Tue, 12 Aug 2025 13:35:13 +0000 /energy/articles/2376276?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2376276 A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday enforced a €59.6 million ($69.6 million) arbitral award against Spain in a dispute over revoked incentives for renewable energy projects, ruling that the award is entitled to full faith and credit and that international comity does not preclude its enforcement. Tue, 12 Aug 2025 11:48:43 +0000 /energy/articles/2376166?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2376166 TPI Composites Inc., an Arizona-based manufacturer of blades for wind turbines, has filed for Chapter 11 protection in Texas bankruptcy court, listing between $1 billion and $10 billion in debt, including $600 million in funded debt, and plans to hand the company over to its senior lenders. Tue, 12 Aug 2025 00:00:49 +0000 /energy/articles/2375283?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2375283 Utah's governor and other state officials won't have to face a challenge by the Ute Indian Tribe accusing them of a racist bidding scheme to prevent a land purchase, a federal judge ruled, finding the tribe failed to provide specific allegations tying them to the supposed conspiracy. Mon, 11 Aug 2025 23:18:42 +0000 /energy/articles/2375924?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2375924 Two Mexican businessmen living in the U.S. are accused of taking part in a bribery scheme to secure at least $2.5 million in business with Mexico's state-owned oil company, Petróleos Mexicanos, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday. Mon, 11 Aug 2025 22:31:04 +0000 /energy/articles/2375918?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2375918 The United Nuclear Corp. and General Electric Co. agreed to a consent decree with the federal government, New Mexico and the Navajo Nation to spend $63 million on environmental cleanup at a decades-old uranium mine, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday.   Mon, 11 Aug 2025 22:00:58 +0000 /energy/articles/2375749?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2375749 A petroleum marketer told a Texas federal judge that a gas station operator has used its purchase of several stores as an excuse to try to muscle through a new contract, saying the operator has caused at least $11 million in damages by breaching their existing contract. Mon, 11 Aug 2025 20:09:56 +0000 /energy/articles/2375665?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2375665 More than 2,000 shrimpers and seafood business owners hit Hilcorp Energy Co. with a federal lawsuit over an August 2022 oil spill they say spoiled the opening day of shrimping season. Mon, 11 Aug 2025 18:41:26 +0000 /energy/articles/2375216?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2375216 The owners or insurers of more than five dozen properties in a Pittsburgh-area housing development have filed lawsuits over a massive natural gas explosion that leveled three houses, killed six people and allegedly caused damage across the neighborhood. Mon, 11 Aug 2025 18:22:31 +0000 /energy/articles/2375495?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2375495 EY's Middle East affiliates asked a New York federal judge to toss claims that they botched audits of United Arab Emirates-based Brooge Petroleum before its merger with a blank-check company to enable a fraudulent scheme against investors, arguing it was up to the plaintiffs to "kick the tires" before recommending the merger. Mon, 11 Aug 2025 17:56:39 +0000 /energy/articles/2375328?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2375328 Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan must begin serving his seven-year bribery and wire fraud prison sentence as ordered in October, a federal judge has ruled, finding that Madigan "clings to false hope" in arguing his forthcoming appeal to the Seventh Circuit will present an issue substantial enough to overturn his entire conviction. Mon, 11 Aug 2025 15:54:28 +0000 /energy/articles/2374788?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2374788 As attorneys increasingly rely on generative artificial intelligence for legal research, courts should consider expanding online quality control programs to flag potential hallucinations — permitting counsel to correct mistakes and sparing judges the burden of imposing sanctions, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl and Connors. Mon, 11 Aug 2025 15:39:45 +0000 /energy/articles/2369210?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2369210 Due to concerns over proxy advisers' accuracy, reliability and transparency, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission should reinstate its 2020 rule designed to suppress the influence that they wield in shareholder voting, says Kyle Isakower at the American Council for Capital Formation. Mon, 11 Aug 2025 14:36:05 +0000 /energy/articles/2375530?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2375530 The U.S. government and opponents of the Trump administration's halt of wind farm project reviews have made their cases to a Massachusetts federal judge as to why they should prevail in litigation challenging the legality of the moratorium. Mon, 11 Aug 2025 14:02:08 +0000 /energy/articles/2375592?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2375592 A fuel company that lost out to Blackstone-backed Applegreen on a 35-year contract to operate highway service plazas in Massachusetts asked a state court judge to order transportation officials to turn over records of the procurement and bidding process. Mon, 11 Aug 2025 06:30:56 +0000 /energy/articles/2375399?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2375399 Denmark's wind power giant Ørsted AS said Monday that it plans to raise $9.4 billion with support from the Danish state as it blamed resistance by the U.S. government to wind power after Donald Trump took office for disrupting its investment plans. Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:00:25 +0000 /energy/articles/2374781?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2374781 Outgoing Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Mark Christie touted the agency's work to encourage gas infrastructure development during his tenure, but lamented its failure to advance electricity policies aimed at lowering transmission costs and ensuring there's enough power supplying the nation's grid. Fri, 08 Aug 2025 22:28:12 +0000 /energy/articles/2375164?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2375164 Exxon Mobil Corp. and Suncor Energy Inc. on Friday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Colorado Supreme Court's decision allowing the city and county of Boulder's climate change tort against the companies to proceed in state court, arguing that the localities' claims are preempted by federal law. Fri, 08 Aug 2025 20:54:24 +0000 /energy/articles/2375135?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2375135 The Golden State's highest court unanimously struck down a lower court ruling that the justices said gave too much deference to the California Public Utilities Commission in a dispute over rooftop solar rates, saying when reviewing decisions of the state's utilities regulator, courts "remain the final arbiters of statutory meaning." Fri, 08 Aug 2025 20:46:11 +0000 /energy/articles/2374797?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /energy/articles/2374797 A chemicals manufacturer accusing a reinsurer of failing to fully cover its roughly $100 million business interruption claim over a chemical plant explosion can still pursue its coverage claims, a Texas federal court ruled, finding the Texas Supreme Court would likely adopt the same holding.